Photosensitive dopants for liquid noble gases

Patent · 31 December 1987

OSTI ID:866543

Anderson, David F ^[1]

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1. Wheaton, IL

In an ionization type detector for high energy radiation wherein the energy of incident radiation is absorbed through the ionization of a liquid noble gas and resulting free charge is collected to form a signal indicative of the energy of the incident radiation, an improvement comprising doping the liquid noble gas with photosensitive molecules to convert scintillation light due to recombination of ions, to additional free charge.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4733085
• OSTI ID: 866543
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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